Talk:British Academy Film Awards

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There is no information in the article on how the voting is carried out, is it the public, a panel of experts, industry people etc? GimliDotNet ^{(Speak to me,Stuff I've done)} 06:18, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Who sponsored the awards before Orange? I'm assuming they have sponsored it since it's inception as it predates the company by some decades? GimliDotNet ^{(Speak to me,Stuff I've done)} 06:20, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that, at some point, somebody has created a page for the 1st British Academy Film Awards and incorrectly stated that the awards were presented in 1948. The awards were actually presented in 1949 - take a look at first bafta brochure, small print, slide 8. These awards presented in 1949 cover film from the two preceding years, 1947 and 1948.

This has resulted in the numbering of subsequent wikipedia articles to be out by a year, as well as incorrect templates being used {{BAFTA Film Awards Chron}}.

The ceremony later this month - 16th february 2014 - is actually the 66th, not the 67th British Academy Film Awards. Oh dear!

These days Bafta only seems to state the year of presentation, ie. 'British Academy Film Awards in 2014' for example (ie presented in 2014, covering film of 2013/14) rather than counting how many there have been, ie. this year is the '66th film awards'. This year's Film Awards page seems to support this.

How can we change all these article headlines to correctly reflect the numbering? Do we need to do away with the numbering entirely, as bafta seems to have done, and stick to the year of presentation? ie. 'British Academy Film Awards in 2014' and all the way back to 1949?

Nickwilliams45 (talk) 12:12, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, but then what did Odd Man Out win in 1948? If you use the yearly titles, that could confuse the readers as to what year they are looking for, i.e. does "2014" mean films in 2014 or the ceremonies. As for the first ceremony, it may not have been the first "official" one, but it counts according to Google. — Wyliepedia 18:32, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comment. An article titled "British Academy Film Awards in 2014" would mean the 2014 ceremony, the year the awards were presented in. The Odd Man Out article you refer to is incorrect, which is probably based on the inaccurate British Academy Film Awards article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickwilliams45 (talk • contribs) 14:33, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Could some please add in the broadcasters of the BAFTA Film Awards? Wonderwizard (talk) 11:59, January 14 2015 (UTC)

This article needs more information about how the nominations are made and then how the winners are chosen. Do the BAFTA film awards generally follow the same procedure as the Oscars, where voting for each nomination is by branch followed by a vote of all members for the winner from among those nominated (for example, only directors vote on the nominees for best director but all BAFTA members then vote for the award winner)? Mathew5000 (talk) 21:29, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why no detail about the significance of 2001 move of the awards to February? In a shameless attempt to influence the Oscars they moved the awards back to February.

"In 2000, the Bafta awards ceremony went out after the Academy Awards and barely registered a blip on the Hollywood radar." wrote Xan Brooks of The Guardian.[1] "has Britain's premier film award ceremony turned into Hollywood's warm-up act?" "Instead of a showcase for the best in homegrown cinema, will the Baftas now become [...] just another pointer towards Oscar night?"

Some other potentially relevant sources

• CNN The BAFTAs, brought forward ahead of the Oscars for the first time this year in an attempt to steal a march on its rival
• BBC most industry insiders would agree trying to steal a march on the Oscars is a vain cause.

That's just a few examples from 2001, there's lots of coverage in the almost 20 years since that can be interpreted in different ways, the BAFTAs gained more prominence, or settled for subservience. The article really should highlight the significant cultural shift that occurred as a result of moving the date of the show, for good or for ill. -- 109.77.209.211 (talk) 13:56, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]